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Maja Milosavljevic; Barry Lee Reynolds – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Research on young English language learners has been gaining popularity in recent years, but to this day remains underdeveloped. The present study aimed to add to this body of research by exploring the effects of visual arts activities implemented via comprehension and compared to more commonly used flashcard activities implemented via…
Descriptors: Altruism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Nurit Gur-Yaish; Sujoud Hijazy; Eden Mazareeb; Mila Schwartz – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Limited research to date has addressed the language socialisation of transnational children during global movement with their parents. The aim of this study was to explore the complexity of language socialisation for a transnational child experiencing a multilingual environment both at home and in preschool. This transnational English- and…
Descriptors: Hebrew, English, Arabic, Multilingualism
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Mohamed Salleh, Rabiah Tul Adawiyah; Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah; Md. Zamin, Ainul Azmin; Di Biase, Bruno; Kawaguchi, Satomi – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2020
At the preschool level in Malaysia, all preschools, including those from public and private sectors are required to follow the guidelines stated in the National Preschool Standard-based Curriculum (NPSC) issued by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2017. However, the NPSC is very general and schools are not provided with any further guidance on…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Zucker, Tricia A.; Carlo, Maria S.; Landry, Susan H.; Masood-Saleem, Saba S.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Bhavsar, Vibhutibala – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Curricula are one of the most widely used educational inputs, yet few are developed and evaluated scientifically with a dearth of programs targeting academic language. This manuscript describes an iterative approach to the development of a tiered academic language curriculum supplement for prekindergarten (pre-K) and kindergarten (K) students. A…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Curriculum Development
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Kalashnikova, Marina; Mattock, Karen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
Previous research has demonstrated that being bilingual from birth is advantageous for the development of skills of social cognition, executive functioning, and metalinguistic awareness due to bilingual children's extensive experience of processing and manipulating two linguistic systems. The present study investigated whether these cognitive…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Executive Function, Receptive Language, English
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Anthony, Jason L.; Aghara, Rachel G.; Solari, Emily J.; Dunkelberger, Martha J.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Liang, Lan – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
Individual differences in abilities to form, access, and hone phonological representations of words are implicated in the development of oral and written language. This study addressed three important gaps in the literature concerning measurement of individual differences in phonological representation. First, we empirically examined the…
Descriptors: Speech, Phonology, Written Language, Preschool Children
Goldstein, Brian A., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2012
Because dual language learners are the fastest--growing segment of the U.S. student population--and the majority speak Spanish as a first language--the new generation of SLPs must have comprehensive knowledge of how to work effectively with bilingual speakers. That's what they'll get in the second edition of this book, an ideal graduate-level text…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Socialization, Intervention, Phonology
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Mighdoll, Jackie Friedman – Learning Languages, 2008
After 18 months of research and many practice sessions, Sponge opened in the fall of 2005. This year, Sponge will provide language classes for over 350 children from newborn to seven years in the Seattle area. This language program offers Spanish, Mandarin, French and Japanese--all taught by native speakers. While the staff sets out to create a…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Multimedia Instruction
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Sanz-Torrent, Monica; Serrat, Elisabet; Andreu, Llorenc; Serra, Miquel – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2008
In this article we examine language processing and development in Catalan or Spanish-speaking children with SLI, focusing on the study of the verb. We analyse the key initial phase of its process of acquisition and aim to define common features of the SLI group that distinguish them from children with normal language development. We intend to…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Speech, Verbs, Morphology (Languages)